Answer to Question #308807 in Statistics and Probability for Kim

Question

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Madison usually receives 4 letters in the mail each week. Find the probability of receiving 8 letters for the next 2 weeks.

Answer 1

This is a Poisson distribution with $\mu=4*2=8.$

$P(X=8)=e^{-8}\frac{8^8}{8!}=0.1396$.